Every cloud has a silver lining: how abiotic stresses affect gene expression in plant-pathogen interactions.

ABSTRACT: Current environmental and climate changes are having a pronounced influence on the outcome of plant-pathogen interactions, further highlighting the fact that abiotic stresses strongly affect biotic interactions at various levels. For instance, physiological parameters such as plant architecture and tissue organization together with primary and specialized metabolism are affected by environmental constraints, and these combine to make an individual plant either a more or less suitable host for a given pathogen. In addition, abiotic stresses can affect the timely expression of plant defense and pathogen virulence. Indeed, several studies have shown that variations in temperature, and in water and mineral nutrient availability affect the expression of plant defense genes. The expression of vi

SUBMITTER: Zarattini M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7904152 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature